No Man’s Sky may be released on Xbox One, secret code found in game suggests
There’s no hint of a secret multiplayer mode, unfortunately
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Your support makes all the difference.A No Man’s Sky player has broken into the game’s code – and find secrets hidden inside of it.
Code found deep inside the game seems to suggest that new versions for the Xbox One and other platforms might be on their way.
But other discoveries hidden inside the game’s files might disappoint players of the game. There doesn’t appear to be any suggestion that multiplayer modes are on their way to the game – though they might be added with another update.
The new discoveries were made by NeoGAF user Hugo Peters, who took the data from the PC version of the game. By digging into the files and code that powers No Man’s Sky, he was able to look at the artefacts left behind while the game was being made, and the parts of it that have been intentionally hidden by developers.
Mr Peters found code within the software that licenses the Havok physics engine – and allows it to be used on the Xbox One.
In itself that doesn’t mean anything, since it only gives permission for it to be used rather than confirming that it ever would be. But it means at least that such a move has been considered.
At the moment, the game is only available for PC and PlayStation 4. Sony has been active in marketing the game for its console, helping lead much of the distribution effort on behalf of the much smaller team at developer Hello Games.
The files also seemed to include folders for PS3 and Xbox 360 versions of the game. But those are presumably left behind rather than indicating something in the future, since it is unlikely that the team would choose to release the game for older consoles.
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